Baby Ball

ABSTRACT

A miniature basketball, enclosed in a harness, is connected by a cord string to a belt that encircles a baby&#39;s waist. A miniature backboard set has nets that are closed at the bottom. The baby shoots the ball into the nets and retrieves it with the cord string. The baby dribbles the ball, and when it gets away from him/her, retrieves it by the same process.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The twenty-first century is the century of the child. Early childhood development has taken firm root in our culture. Children are no longer regarded, by the knowledgeable, as unformed intellects that should be seen and not heard, but as brand new intellects that must be nurtured and developed. And are capable of being nurtured and developed from embryo forward. Baby Ball is in tune with the times.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Baby Ball will entertain and educate baby. It will teach baby how to make a basket, dribble a basketball, and retrieve the ball. It will develop his/her motor skills, hand to eye coordination, and nurture their spirit of independence.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a miniature inflated rubber basketball;

FIG. 2 is a cord string harness;

FIG. 3 is a cord string;

FIG. 4 is a cloth belt;

FIG. 5 is a miniature plastic basketball goal set;

FIG. 6 is an application of this basketball training apparatus invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Baby Ball consists of an inflated rubber basketball three inches in diameter FIG. 1, 5; a ball-holding harness made of cord string FIG. 2, 6; a cord string tether one yard long FIG. 3, 7; a cloth belt eighteen inches long FIG. 4, 8; a plastic backboard set FIG. 5, 9; with the rim twelve inches from the floor 10, with the nets closed at the bottom 11; and an application of this basketball training apparatus FIG. 6, 12.

The inflated basketball is inside the harness. One end of the cord string is tied to the harness. The belt is secured around the baby's waist. The free end of the cord is tied to the belt. 

What is claimed:
 1. A basketball training apparatus for babies comprising: a miniature inflated rubber basketball a cord string tether that connects the harness and belt a miniature plastic backboard set with cord string nets that are closed at the bottom; a toy that entertains, and teaches a baby how to make a basket, how to dribble and how to retrieve the ball. 